Art of War

Niccolograve; Machiavelli'sArt of Waris one of the world's great classics of military and political theory. Praised by the finest military minds in history and said to have influenced no lesser lights than Frederick the Great and Napoleon, theArt of Waris essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history and theory of war in the West—and for readers ofThe Prince and Discourse on Livywho seek to explore more fully the connection between war and politics in Machiavelli's thought.Machiavelli scholar Christopher Lynch offers a sensitive and entirely new translation of theArt of War, faithful to the original but rendered in modern, idiomatic English. Lynch's fluid translation helps readers appreciate anew Machiavelli's brilliant treatments of the relationships between war and politics, civilians and the military, and technology and tactics. Clearly laying out the fundamentals of military organization and strategy, Machiavelli marshals a veritable armory of precepts,